“When she got here to the Senate and got the committee, she refused to be neutral… Let someone else chair it. In my past speeches, I’m not asking that she will be removed from the Committee on Justice, [but] only from certain hearings where we cannot expect cold neutrality,” sabi ni Senator Alan Cayetano.

DE LIMA HAD TO BE STRIPPED. “Senate committees are tasked with shaping policy direction and crafting legislative reforms. Unfortunately, under the leadership of Senator De Lima, the committee on justice had become a hollow vehicle for the fulfillment of personal political vendettas,” sabi ni Senator Win Gatchalian ng NPC.

He said the decision “was a difficult one.” But he added that “In the end, I am confident that we made the right choice to protect the integrity of the Senate and to safeguard its reputation as a true and faithful instrument to further the interests of the Filipino people.”

“I don’t know what this guy is talking about. From the time I was chief-of-staff to the time I was elected as congressman, no supporter of ours or persons under our employ was ever killed due to politics,”

“I can only suspect that this guy is being manipulated by some people to only serve their own selfish interests.”

“Political differences in our city has always been strictly on the level of difference in policy and style; it has never degraded into the level of physical or violent. That is why it is easy for us to set aside our differences and unite for the common good of Davao and the nation,”

“This is to express my apologies for my demeanor during last Thursday’s hearing of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. It was brought about because of the intense passion and emotion of the moment. Nonetheless, it was uncalled for,” sabi ni Trillanes sa pamamagitan ng isang sulat.

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“Be assured that such incident will not happen again,” dagdag ni Trillanes.